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A toy or plaything is an object that is used primarily to provide entertainment. Simple examples include toy blocks, board games, and dolls. Toys are often designed for use by children, although many are designed specifically for adults and pets. Toys can provide utilitarian benefits, including physical exercise, cultural awareness, or academic education. Additionally, utilitarian objects, especially those which are no longer needed for their original purpose, can be used as toys. Examples include children building a fort with empty cereal boxes and tissue paper spools, or a toddler playing with a broken TV remote control. The term "toy" can also be used to refer to utilitarian objects purchased for enjoyment rather than need, or for expensive necessities for which a large fraction of the cost represents its ability to provide enjoyment to the owner, such as luxury cars, high-end motorcycles, gaming computers, and flagship smartphones.
Playing with toys can be an enjoyable way of training young children for life experiences. Different materials like wood, clay, paper, and plastic are used to make toys. Newer forms of toys include interactive digital entertainment and smart toys. Some toys are produced primarily as collectors' items and are intended for display only. (Full article...)
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A dollhouse or doll's house is a toy house made in miniature. Since the early 20th century dollhouses have primarily been the domain of children, but their collection and crafting is also a hobby for many adults. English-speakers in North America commonly use the term dollhouse, but in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries the term is doll's house (or, less commonly, dolls' house). They are often built to put dolls in.
The history of today's dollhouses can be traced back about four hundred years to the baby house display cases of Europe, which showed idealized interiors. Smaller dollhouses with more realistic exteriors appeared in Europe in the 18th century. Early dollhouses were all handmade, but following the Industrial Revolution and World War II, they were increasingly mass-produced and became more standardized and affordable. Dollhouses can range from simple boxes stacked together used as rooms for play, to multi-million dollar structures displayed in museums. (Full article...)General images -
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An infant boy playing with a toy dump truck at the beach. (from Boys' toys and games) -
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Paintings of girl with dolls (from Girls' toys and games) -
Girls playing in a park in the Netherlands (from Girls' toys and games) -
Girls in Barbie Fashion Show in Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from Girls' toys and games) -
A ball-in-a-maze puzzle (from List of wooden toys) -
Lego bricks are a construction set example. (from Construction set) -
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Tartu Toy Museum (from Toy museum) -
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1970s No. 2 Meccano set (from Construction set) -
Rows of pink girls' toys in a Canadian store, 2011 (from Girls' toys and games) -
A matryoshka doll taken apart (from List of wooden toys) -
Toy Museum - http://www.raheelpatel.com/toymuseum.html. (from Toy museum) -
Various spinning tops (from List of wooden toys) -
Hello Kitty Dreamcast set, 2009 (from Girls' toys and games) -
Burr puzzles (from List of wooden toys) -
A puzzle of dexterity, a type of mechanical puzzle (from List of wooden toys) -
A gee-haw whammy diddle in use (from List of wooden toys) -
A girl in Udaipur playing "Jungle Child" (from Girls' toys and games) -
Girls assembling a puzzle (from Girls' toys and games) -
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Jeujura wooden construction set (Swiss chalet) (from Construction set) -
A bauernroulette game (from List of wooden toys) -
Detail from Children's Games by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1560), showing Flemish girls playing popular games of the era (from Girls' toys and games) -
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Interlocking Disks enable the construction of high-symmetry models such as that of C
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A bead maze (from List of wooden toys)
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A construction set is a set of standardized pieces that allow for the construction of a variety of different models. The pieces avoid the lead time of manufacturing custom pieces, and of requiring special training or design time to construct complex systems.
Did you know...
- ... that the case Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. was considered essential to the future of video game modding in the United States in 1992?
- ... that development economist John Toye said free-market proponents "first turn liberty against equality and fraternity, then overthrow liberty itself"?
- ... that the Roman emperors Augustus and Claudius may have had an affinity for gambling?
- ... that Woody from Toy Story was originally written as a ventriloquist's dummy and the main villain of the film?
- ... that the design for the water playground at Chelsea Waterside Park was criticized because local residents thought that the sprinklers resembled sex toys?
- ... that Elizabeth II's childhood toys at 145 Piccadilly included 30 toy horses and a farm set collected from Woolworths?
- ...that Amish dolls (pictured) are left faceless, possibly to emphasize that "all are alike in the eyes of God"?
- ...that The Lego Group produced 381 million tires (example pictured) in 2011, making it the largest tire manufacturer in the world?
- ...that Silly Bandz, popular silicone bracelets that spring into a shape when taken off, have been banned in classrooms for being too distracting?
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Types: • Doll • Vehicle • Puzzle • Teddy bear
Industry: • American Specialty Toy Retailing Association • Birmingham toy industry • International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers • Kiddicraft • Play value • Toy safety • Toy store • Toyetic • Wooden toymaking in the Ore Mountains
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